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CONDENSER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 19l9.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 19l9.

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- CLARENCE H. SIMPSON, OE FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.

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Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Front Royal, in thecounty of Warren and .State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Condenser, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in steam condensers, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character adapted for use in connection with kettles or tanks in the home or factories where foods are being cooked, thereby to prevent the permeation of the air by exhaust steam and of fensive odors, or when it is desired to conserve the waterformed by condensation of the steam.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in combination with a condenser of the character set forth, a cover having means for controlling and deflecting the steam from the vessel where it is formed toward the condenser. I

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing my improved condenser box connected with a pair of kettles, one at each side thereof;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the condenser box.

The same characters of reference designate the same parts in the different figures of the drawings.

ing secured therein a ventilating or exhaust pipe 4, which may be led out of the building in any suitable manner. 1

A cover 5 is provided for each of the kettles to be used, and this cover has soldered Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed May 5, 1919. Serial No. 294,715.

therein a horizontally disposed tubular member 6 that is reduced at its outer end to form a connection with the pipe 8 of the condenser box, a damper 7 being placed at suitable point in said tubular member for controlling the outflow of steam from the kettle. The top of the cover is preferably formed so as to deflect the steam toward the condenser box, and in the present instance this is accomplished by so forming the top of the cover that the highest point thereof is not concentric with the kettle, but is consid erably nearer the side of the cover nearest to the condenser box, the tubular member 6 communicating with this highest point of the cover. In some cases, for instance where kettles of very large size are used, it may be preferred to form the cover in two parts, one hinged to the other, as shown at 8 and 9 in Figs. 1 and 2, the hinged portion being pro 'vided with a suitable lifting handle 10.

The condenser box may have secured thereto adjacent its ends two pair of legs or brackets 11, and a suitable water receptacle or jacket 12 may be provided in which the condenser box may be placed. In this case the receptacle 12 is provided with an inlet pipe 13 and an outlet 14: for the supply and discharge of water for cooling the condenser box. This arrangement is preferable where the conservation of the water of condensation is the desired result. It will be obvious, however, that the condenser box may be used without this receptacle, since the latter in no way affects the operation of the device as a collector of exhaust steam and offensive gases, but merely enhances the condensation of the steam within the condenser box.

I am aware that attempts have heretofore been made to provide kettle covers for collecting the steam and leading the same up the chimne but in all of the devices with which I am familiar the pipe for leading the steam has been connected to the center of the cover and led vertically therefrom directly into the chimney. In such structures, owing to the strong draft, the steam is extracted as soon as it is formed in the utensil, such quick extraction not only causing the loss of the effect of condensation on the contents of the utensil, but the steam from materials being cooked often contains acid, which is all carried directly to the stove pipe and causes considerable damage thereto. By reason of the construction above described, however, the passage of the steam out of the utensil will be checked for a sufli- 'cient length of time to exert its influence on raising the temperature of the contents of the utensil, and this feature is enhanced by the provision of the damper herein illustrated, the surplus exhaust steam being then led into the condenser box,where it will be condensed before passing to the ventilating 1pc. V p WVhile I have described .in detail the structure herein illustrated, it is also to be understood that I do not thereby limit my invention to the precise features of construction shown, as I am aware'that many mechanical changes and modifications may be made'therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas set forth in the claim hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: r

In a device of the class described, a relatively large receptacle, a condenser box supported in the relatively large receptacle, and in spaced relation with the inner Walls thereof, right angle pipes having connection With the condenser box, a cooking receptacle supported adjacent the condenser box, a cover for the receptacle, said cover having a substantially funnel shaped portion and a substantially flat portion hingedly connected thereto, said funnel portion having a right angled portion having connection with one of the right angled pipes, and means Within the right angled portion of the funnel shaped member forcontrolling communica tion between the funnel shaped member. and

I the right angled pipe. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my 'signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses: Y

W. E. GRAYsoN, R. B. BAYLY.

CLARENCE H. SIMPSON. 

